Keyhole Castle

Keyhole Castle
General information
Architectural style	Queen Anne Revival
Location	1925 1st Avenue East
Town or city	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Country	Canada
Construction started	1910
Completed	1913
Client	Samuel McLeod
Technical details
Size	1,219 square meters
Design and construction
Architect	Erich Wohann

National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Keyhole Castle National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1975

The Keyhole Castle is located in the East Hill neighborhood of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built as the residence for Samuel McLeod, a former businessman, mayor of Prince Albert and federal politician. Architect Erich Wohann of Minneapolis designed the building, with construction ending in 1913. In 1975, the Keyhole Castle was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.^[1] The building contains a ballroom on the top floor. ^[2]

Samuel McLeod was a successful businessman, and mayor of Prince Albert mayor both in 1886 and in 1919.^[3] The institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at Keyhole Castle.^[4]

Keyhole Castle is currently a Bed & Breakfast. Guests can choose between 3 rooms: the Double, the Queen, and the Suite. The Castle is also available as an event location, using either the ballroom, dining room, or, in the summer, the yard.^[5]

References

↑ Keyhole Castle National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ Description of Ballroom
↑ Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - Prince Albert
↑ "Institute for stained glass in Canada". Retrieved November 16, 2011.
↑ Rooms and Rates

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Coordinates: 53°11′43″N 105°45′06″W / 53.19524°N 105.7518°W / 53.19524; -105.7518

Protected Areas in Saskatchewan

National parks	Grasslands National Park Prince Albert National Park

Provincial parks	Athabasca Sand Dunes Blackstrap Buffalo Pound Candle Lake Cannington Manor Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Clearwater River Crooked Lake Cumberland House Cypress Hills Danielson Douglas Duck Mountain Echo Valley Fort Carlton Fort Pitt Good Spirit Lake Greenwater Lake Katepwa Point Lac La Ronge Last Mountain House Makwa Lake Meadow Lake Moose Mountain Narrow Hills Pike Lake Rowan's Ravine Saskatchewan Landing Saskatchewan River Forks Stanley Mission Steele Narrows St. Victor Petroglyphs The Battlefords Touchwood Hills Post Wildcat Hill Wood Mountain Post

National Historic Sites of Canada in Saskatchewan	Addison Sod House Batoche Battle of Cut Knife Battle of Duck Lake Battle of Fish Creek Battleford Court House Bell Farm Biggar Railway Station Canadian Bank of Commerce Claybank Brick Plant College Building Cumberland House Cypress Hills Massacre Doukhobors at Veregin Esterhazy Flour Mill Forestry Farm Park and Zoo Former Prince Albert City Hall Fort de la Corne Fort Battleford Fort Carlton Fort Espérance Fort Livingstone Fort Pelly Fort Pitt Fort Qu'Appelle Fort Walsh Frenchman Butte Government House Gravelbourg Ecclesiastical Buildings Gray Burial Site Holy Trinity Church Humboldt Post Office Île-à-la-Crosse Keyhole Castle Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Moose Jaw Court House Motherwell Homestead Next of Kin Memorial Avenue Old Government House / Saint-Charles Scholasticate Prince Albert Arts Centre Saskatchewan Legislative Building and Grounds Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm Steele Narrows Wanuskewin

Urban and regional parks	Big Dig Carlton Trail Regional Park Cenotaph Fishing Lake Regional Park Palliser Regional Park Statue of Queen Elizabeth II riding Burmese Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald Touchwood Hills Provincial Park Victoria Park Wascana Centre Woody River Recreation Site

Museums	The Evolution of Education Museum Historical Society Museum Mendel Art Gallery RCMP Heritage Centre Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections Royal Saskatchewan Museum Saskatchewan Railway Museum Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

Geography of Saskatchewan	Athabasca Basin Carlton Trail Carswell crater Cypress Hills Deep Bay crater Elbow crater Gow crater Mackenzie dike swarm Madge Lake Maple Creek crater Methye Portage Palliser's Triangle Porcupine Hills Pheasant Creek Red Coat Trail Saskatchewan Valley Spruce Falls, Saskatchewan Viewfield crater Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

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Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

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